Darrell L. Bock

Research Professor of New Testament Studies, Professor of Spiritual Development and Culture (CCL)

B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1975; Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1979; Ph.D., University of Aberdeen, 1983; postdoctoral study, Tübingen University.

Dr. Bock has earned international recognition as a Humboldt Scholar (Tübingen University in Germany) and for his work in Luke-Acts and in Jesus’ examination before the Jews. He was president of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) for 2000–2001, and serves as corresponding editor at large for Christianity Today. His articles appear in leading journals and periodicals, including many secular publications such as the Los Angeles Times and the Dallas Morning News. He has been a New York Times best-selling author in nonfiction, and is elder emeritus at Trinity Fellowship Church in Dallas.

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Books:

Dethroning Jesus: Popular Culture and the Quest to Unseat the Biblical Christ
Thomas Nelson: 2007

Acts
Baker: 2007

The Missing Gospels : Unearthing the Truth Behind Alternative Christianities
Thomas Nelson: 2006

Jesus In Context: Background Readings For Gospel Study
Baker: 2005

Breaking the Da Vinci Code: Answers to the Questions Everyone's Asking
Thomas Nelson: 2004

Jesus According to Scripture : Restoring the Portrait from the Gospels
Baker: 2002

Purpose-directed Theology : Getting Our Priorities Right in Evangelical Controversies
InterVarsity Press: 2002

Studying the Historical Jesus : A Guide to Sources and Methods
Baker: 2002

Bible Knowledge Key Word Study: The Gospels
Cook Communications: 2002

"The Kingdom of God in New Testament Theology" in Looking into the Future
Baker: 2001

Rethinking the Synoptic Problem
Baker: 2001

Progressive Dispensationalism
Baker: 2000

"" in Three Views on the Millennium and beyond
Zondervan: 1999

The Kingdom of God in New Testament Theology the Battle, the Christ, the Spirit-bearer, and Returning Son of Man (Pulling the Future into the Present and Previewing the Future in the Present)
: 1999

"Meyer, Heinrich August Wilhelm (1800-1873)" in Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters
InterVarsity Press: 1998

"Crucifixion, Qumran, and the Jewish Interrogation of Jesus." in Literary Studies in Luke-Acts
Mercer Univ Pr: 1998

"Scripture and the Realisation of God's Promises." in Witness to the Gospel
Eerdmans: 1998

Blasphemy and Exaltation in Judaism and the Final Examination of Jesus : A Philological-historical Study of the Key Jewish Themes Impacting Mark 14:61-64
Mohr Siebeck: 1998

Luke
Zondervan: 1996

"The Words of Jesus in the Gospels : Live, Jive, or Memorex?" in Jesus under Fire
Zondervan: 1995

"Use of the Old Testament in the New." in Foundations for Biblical Interpretation
Broadman & Holman: 1994

"Proclamation from Prophecy and Pattern : Luke's Use of the Old Testament for Christology and Mission." in Gospels and the Scriptures of Israel
Sheffield Academic Pr: 1994

"The Son of Man Seated at God's Right Hand and the Debate over Jesus' "Blasphemy"" in Jesus of Nazareth
Eerdmans: 1994

Luke 1: 1-9:50
Baker: 1994

Luke
InterVarsity: 1994

Luke 9:51-24:53
Baker: 1994

A Biblical Theology of the New Testament
Moody: 1994

"Form Criticism." in New Testament Criticism & Interpretation
Zondervan: 1991

"Athenians Who Have Never Heard." in Through No Fault of Their Own
Baker: 1991

A Biblical Theology of the Old Testament
Moody: 1991

Proclamation from Prophecy and Pattern : Lucan Old Testament Christology
JSOT: 1987

Jesus As Lord in Acts and in the Gospel Message
: 1986

The Mystery of the Resurrection
Dallas Theological Seminary: 1986

A Theological German Word List
Darrell L. Bock and William D. Mounce: 1985

Journal Articles:

1. "Blasphemy and the Jewish Examination of Jesus." Bulletin for Biblical Research 17, no. 1 (2007). 53-114.
2. "The Jesus and Judas Papers: A Look at Recent Claims about Jesus." www.christianitytoday.com (2006).
3. "Will the Real Judas Please Stand Up?." www.beliefnet.org (2006).
4. "The Good News of Da Vinci: How a Ludicrous Book Can Become an Opportunity to Engage the Culture." Christianity Today 48, no. 1 (2004). 62-62.
5. "Review of 'Paul on Trial: the Book of Acts As a Defense of Christianity.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 160, no. 640 (2003). 501-502.
6. "The State of Missions: an Interview with Luis Bush." Christianity Today 47, no. 7 (2003). 26-26.
7. "Review of 'Studying the Historical Jesus: a Guide to Sources and Methods.'" Evangelical Review of Theology 27, no. 2 (2003). 189-189.
8. "Darrell Bock: 'Public Square' Societies Keep Us Honest." Christianity Today 47, no. 2 (2003). 86-86.

9. "Do Gender-sensitive Translations Distort Scripture? Not Necessarily." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 45, no. 4 (2002). 651-669.
10. "Review of 'The Four Gospels and the One Gospel of Jesus Christ: an Investigation of the Collection and Origin of the Canonical Gospels.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 159, no. 636 (2002). 498-499.
11. "Review of 'The Unity of Luke-Acts.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 159, no. 635 (2002). 376-377.
12. "Review of 'Jesus and the Heritage of Israel: Luke's Narrative Claim upon Israel's Legacy.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 159, no. 634 (2002). 250-250.
13. "The Purpose Driven ETS: Where Should We Go? A Look at Jesus Studies and Other Example Cases." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 45, no. 1 (2002). 3-33.
14. "Review of 'The Criteria for Authenticity in Historical-Jesus Research: Previous Discussion and New Proposals.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 159, no. 633 (2002). 125-127.
15. "Review of 'Jesus outside the New Testament: an Introduction to the Ancient Evidence.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 158, no. 631 (2001). 381-381.
16. "Review of 'Story As History, History As Story: the Gospel Tradition in the Context of Ancient Oral History.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 158, no. 630 (2001). 245-245.

17. "Review of 'The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early Christianity.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 158, no. 629 (2001). 125-126.
18. "Review of 'Jesus the Miracle Worker: a Historical and Theological Study.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 157, no. 628 (2000). 503-505.
19. "No More Hollow Jesus : In Focusing so Intently on Jesus the Man, Peter Jennings' Report Missed the Big Picture." Christianity Today 44, no. 9 (2000). 73-73.
20. "Review of 'The Jesus Crisis: the Inroads of Historical Criticism into Evangelical Scholarship.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 157, no. 626 (2000). 232-236.
21. "Review of 'The Historical Jesus in the 20th Century: 1900-1950.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 157, no. 625 (2000). 115-116.
22. "Review of 'Das Evangelium Nach Lukas. Bd 3/2, Lk 9.51-14.35.'" Review of Biblical Literature 1 (1999). 274-276.
23. "Why I Am a Dispensationalist with a Small "D"." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 41 (1998). 383-396.
24. "Review of 'Luke-Acts: Angels, Christology and Soteriology.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 155 (1998). 245-246.

25. "Jesus V Sanhedrin : Why Jesus "Lost" His Trial." Christianity Today 42 (1998). 48-50.
26. "Review of 'The Book of Acts and Paul in Roman Custody.'" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 40 (1997). 469-470.
27. "Review of 'Jesus' Exposition of the Old Testament in Luke's Gospel.'" Evangelical Quarterly 69 (1997). 160-161.
28. "Key Jewish Texts on Blasphemy and Exaltation and the Jewish Examination of Jesus." Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers , no. 36 (1997). 115-160.
29. "The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus and the Ethics of Jesus." Southwestern Journal of Theology 40 (1997). 63-72.
30. "Review of 'Theological Lexicon of the New Testament, 3 V.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 153 (1996). 249-250.
31. "My Un-American Faith : Why I Stopped "Doing" All I Could for God." Christianity Today 40 (1996). 21-23.
32. "Review of 'Septuagint Quotations in the Context of the Petrine and Pauline Speeches of the Acta Apostolorum.'" Biblica 77, no. 4 (1996). 567-570.

33. "Scandal? A Forum On the Evangelical Mind." Christianity Today 39 (1995). 21-27.
34. "Review of 'Stewardship and the Kingdom of God: An Historical, Exegetical and Contextual Study of the Parable of the Unjust Steward in Luke 16:1-13.'" Evangelical Quarterly 67 (1995). 270-271.
35. "Review of 'Luke 9:21-18:34.'" Themelios 20 (1995). 23-24.
36. "Review of 'Issues in Dispensationalism.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 152 (1995). 98-101.
37. "Review of 'Rethinking the Unity of Luke and Acts.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 152 (1995). 116-117.
38. "Review of 'The Death of the Messiah: from Gethsemane to the Grave: a Commentary on the Passion Narratives of the Four Gospels, 2 V.'" Christianity Today 38 (1994). 34-34.
39. "Charting Dispensationalism : A Group of Progressive Scholars Is Mapping out a Dispensational Theology for a New Era." Christianity Today 38 (1994). 26-29.
40. "Review of 'The Acts of the Apostles.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 151 (1994). 371-372.

41. "Current Messianic Activity and OT Davidic Promise : Dispensationalism, Hermeneutics, and NT Fulfillment." Trinity Journal 15, no. 1 (1994). 55-87.
42. "Review of 'Historiography and Self-definition: Josephus, Luke-Acts and Apologetic Historiography.'" Westminster Theological Journal 56, no. 1 (1994). 193-195.
43. "The Son of David and the Saints' Task : The Hermeneutics of Initial Fulfillment." Bibliotheca Sacra 150 (1993). 440-457.
44. "Review of 'Centering on God: Method and Message in Luke-Acts.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 150 (1993). 375-376.
45. "Review of 'Luke 1-9:20.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 150 (1993). 376-376.
46. "Review of 'Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, V 2: Ex-Ophōnion.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 150 (1993). 111-112.
47. "Review of 'Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 150 (1993). 124-124.
48. "Review of 'From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God: The Origins and Development of New Testament Christology.'" Criswell Theological Review 6 (1993). 327-329.

49. "Arrogance Is Not a Family Value." Christianity Today 36 (1992). 10-10.
50. "Review of 'Gospel and Spirit: Issues in New Testament Hermeneutics.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 149 (1992). 496-496.
51. "Review of 'To Touch the Text: Biblical and Related Studies in Honor of Joseph A Fitzmyer.'" Evangelical Quarterly 64 (1992). 178-179.
52. "Review of 'Narrative Theology in Early Jewish Christianity.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 149 (1992). 124-125.
53. "Review of 'Acts.'" Criswell Theological Review 6 (1992). 138-140.
54. "Review of 'A Midrash Reader.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 148 (1991). 374-375.
55. "Understanding Luke's Task : Carefully Building on Precedent (Luke 1:1-4)." Criswell Theological Review 5 (1991). 183-201.
56. "Review of 'The Progress of Redemption.'" Themelios 16 (1990). 28-29.

57. "The Use of the Old Testament in Luke-Acts : Christology and Mission." Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers , no. 29 (1990). 494-511.
58. "Review of 'Understanding Dispensationalists.'" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 32 (1989). 542-544.
59. "Review of 'Rethinking Realized Eschatology.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 146 (1989). 469-470.
60. "Review of 'Interpreting the Synoptic Gospels.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 146 (1989). 353-354.
61. "Review of 'Luke the Theologian: Thirty-Three Years of Research (1950-1983).'" Bibliotheca Sacra 146 (1989). 354-354.
62. "Review of 'Jerusalem: The Temple and the New Age in Luke-Acts.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 146 (1989). 355-355.
63. "Review of 'Sharing the Eucharistic Bread: The Witness of the New Testament.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 146 (1989). 355-355.
64. "A Review of The Gospel According to Jesus, by J F MacArthur, Jr, 1988." Bibliotheca Sacra 146 (1989). 21-40.

65. "Review of 'The Gospel According to Jesus.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 146 (1989). 21-40.
66. "Review of 'The First Epistle to the Corinthians.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 146 (1989). 101-102.
67. "Review of 'A Rabbinic Commentary on the New Testament: The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 146 (1989). 111-111.
68. "Review of 'The Bible in the Churches: How Different Christians Interpret the Scriptures.'" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 30 (1987). 231-233.
69. "Is Matthew Midrash." Bibliotheca Sacra 144 (1987). 157-180.
70. "Review of 'New Gospel Parallels, V 1: The Synoptic Gospels.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 144 (1987). 234-235.
71. "Review of 'New Gospel Parallels, V 2: John and the Other Gospels.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 144 (1987). 234-235.
72. "Review of 'A Student's Manual of New Testament Greek Accents.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 144 (1987). 116-117.

73. "Review of 'The Uses of the Old Testament in the New.'" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 29, no. 4 (1986). 488-490.
74. "Review of 'The Message of 1 Corinthians.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 143 (1986). 376-377.
75. "Review of 'The Uses of the Old Testament in the New.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 143 (1986). 279-280.
76. "Jesus As Lord in Acts and in the Gospel Message." Bibliotheca Sacra 143 (1986). 146-154.
77. "Review of 'The Spirit and the Congregation: Studies in 1 Corinthians 12-15.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 143 (1986). 182-183.
78. "Review of 'Daniel and Revelation: Riddles or Realities.'" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 29, no. 1 (1986). 106-108.
79. "Review of 'Theological Dictionary of the New Testament.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 143 (1986). 85-86.
80. "Evangelicals and the Use of the Old Testament in the New." Bibliotheca Sacra 142 (1985). 306-319.

81. "Review of 'The Ascension of Our Lord.'" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 28, no. 3 (1985). 346-347.
82. "Evangelicals and the Use of the Old Testament in the New." Bibliotheca Sacra 142 (1985). 209-223.
83. "Review of 'The Resurrection Narratives: A Redactional Study.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 142 (1985). 282-283.
84. "Review of 'Colossians, Philemon.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 142 (1985). 187-188.
85. "Review of 'Semantics of New Testament Greek.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 141 (1984). 371-371.
86. "Review of 'Biblical Words and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Lexical Semantics.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 141 (1984). 280-281.
87. "Review of 'Typos: The Typological Interpretation of the Old Testament in the New.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 140 (1983). 274-275.
88. "Review of 'The Other Gospels: Non-Canonical Gospel Texts.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 140 (1983). 282-282.

89. "Review of 'A Christological Catechism.'" Bibliotheca Sacra 140 (1983). 79-80.

Faculty Forum: Representing Christ in a Pluralistic World - (10/03/2008)

Jewish Evangelism Today - (05/01/2008)

Media Panel - (10/29/2007)

What's "News" about Jesus? - (10/29/2007)

"So What?" Panel Discussion - (10/29/2007)

Jesus, Canon and Theology - (10/29/2007)

Contemporary Challenges to Jesus (3 of 3) - (10/15/2007)

Contemporary Challenges to Jesus (2 of 3) - (10/08/2007)

Contemporary Challenges to Jesus (1 of 3) - (10/01/2007)

Faculty Forum: What Are People Saying about Jesus? - (09/21/2007)

The Missing Gospels (3 of 3) - (04/03/2007)

The Missing Gospels (2 of 3) - (03/27/2007)

The Missing Gospels (1 of 3) - (03/20/2007)

Born to... - (12/12/2006)

The Implications of The Da Vinci Code (3 of 3) - (05/01/2006)

The Implications of The Da Vinci Code (2 of 3) - (04/30/2006)

The Implications of The Da Vinci Code (1 of 3) - (04/29/2006)

The Challenges of Bible Translation (2 of 2) - (02/16/2006)

The Challenges of Bible Translation (1 of 2) - (02/15/2006)

The Legacy of C.S. Lewis and Narnia (2 of 2) - (01/02/2006)

The Legacy of C.S. Lewis and Narnia (1 of 2) - (12/30/2005)

Christianity and Islam - (11/08/2005)

What Katrina Has Taught Us about the Church - (11/01/2005)

The Da Vinci Code (3 of 3) - (06/17/2004)

The Da Vinci Code (2 of 3) - (06/16/2004)

The Da Vinci Code (1 of 3) - (06/15/2004)

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